He declined to say what the company's install goals for the systems were, as Gliessmann said with the new CEO only three weeks on the job, it would be premature to comment on business plans.

ASTRO hiccups

Of course, ASTRO, which marked the public debut of the devices, did have to contend with an unwelcome visitor: Hurricane Sandy. The powerful storm, which made landfall in New Jersey on Monday, has been responsible for scores of deaths in the Caribbean and across the eastern United States and and has also racked up likely billions of dollars in damages.

Less seriously, it did disrupt ASTRO's annual event. Dangerously strong winds and flooding risk forced Boston to shut down public transportation early Monday afternoon, and partly as a result the radiation oncology meeting closed its doors early Monday, too. But the show reopened as scheduled on Tuesday, which Gliessmann said was especially hectic as a result.

"Tuesday was extremely busy," with people "trying to make up for the lost six hours of Monday," he said.

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